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| Sym | Jurisdiction | Region | Status | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR | 🇦🇷Argentina | Americas | ▲Comprehensive | From registry to rulebook in eighteen months |
| AU | 🇦🇺Australia | Asia-Pacific | ◆In transition | Platform licensing enacted, switching on in April 2027 |
| BR | 🇧🇷Brazil | Americas | ▲Comprehensive | The framework law found its teeth in February 2026 |
| CA | 🇨🇦Canada | Americas | ▶Partial | Securities law stretched over crypto, and a federal stablecoin statute waiting to start |
| CL | 🇨🇱Chile | Americas | ▲Comprehensive | The Fintech Law folded crypto into financial regulation |
| CN | 🇨🇳China | Asia-Pacific | ✕Prohibited | A comprehensive ban beside the world's largest CBDC pilot |
| CO | 🇨🇴Colombia | Americas | –No dedicated regime | High adoption, repeated bills, no law |
| EG | 🇪🇬Egypt | Africa | ✕Prohibited | A statutory ban with a license clause no one has used |
| SV | 🇸🇻El Salvador | Americas | ▲Comprehensive | Legal tender walked back, the issuance framework kept |
| EU | 🇪🇺European Union | Europe | ▲Comprehensive | MiCA is fully in force, and the grace period is over |
| HK | 🇭🇰Hong Kong | Asia-Pacific | ▲Comprehensive | Licensed exchanges, licensed stablecoins, and a tokenization push |
| IN | 🇮🇳India | Asia-Pacific | ▶Partial | Taxed and surveilled, but still no framework |
| ID | 🇮🇩Indonesia | Asia-Pacific | ▲Comprehensive | Supervision moved from the commodities agency to the OJK |
| IL | 🇮🇱Israel | Middle East | ▶Partial | Licensed service providers, taxed gains, framework still assembling |
| JP | 🇯🇵Japan | Asia-Pacific | ▲Comprehensive | The oldest licensing regime, now migrating to securities law |
| KE | 🇰🇪Kenya | Africa | ◆In transition | A new VASP statute splits the field between central bank and markets authority |
| MY | 🇲🇾Malaysia | Asia-Pacific | ▲Comprehensive | Digital assets as securities, exchanges as recognized markets |
| MX | 🇲🇽Mexico | Americas | ▶Partial | A fintech law that fenced crypto out of the regulated system |
| NZ | 🇳🇿New Zealand | Asia-Pacific | ▶Partial | Fair-dealing law, AML coverage, and guardrails for crypto ATMs |
| NG | 🇳🇬Nigeria | Africa | ▶Partial | From banking ban to securities statute, with enforcement whiplash |
| PH | 🇵🇭Philippines | Asia-Pacific | ▲Comprehensive | Two regulators, one perimeter: BSP for VASPs, SEC for offerings |
| RU | 🇷🇺Russia | Europe | ◆In transition | Trading legalized through licensed intermediaries, payments still banned |
| SA | 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | Middle East | ▼Restrictive | Official discouragement, sandbox experimentation, quiet retail adoption |
| SG | 🇸🇬Singapore | Asia-Pacific | ▲Comprehensive | Full licensing at home, and since 2025 a hard line on offshore-only firms |
| ZA | 🇿🇦South Africa | Africa | ▲Comprehensive | Crypto declared a financial product; hundreds of firms licensed |
| KR | 🇰🇷South Korea | Asia-Pacific | ▶Partial | Phase one protects users; phase two is stuck on stablecoins |
| CH | 🇨🇭Switzerland | Europe | ▲Comprehensive | The DLT Act model: integrate, don't quarantine |
| TW | 🇹🇼Taiwan | Asia-Pacific | ◆In transition | AML registration now, a licensing statute passed and awaiting its start date |
| TH | 🇹🇭Thailand | Asia-Pacific | ▲Comprehensive | A 2018 code, tightened for fraud and sweetened for tax |
| TR | 🇹🇷Türkiye | Europe | ▲Comprehensive | A licensing regime built fast, atop a payments ban |
| AE | 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates | Middle East | ▲Comprehensive | Four regulators, one strategy: license everything, attract everyone |
| UK | 🇬🇧United Kingdom | Europe | ◆In transition | The rulebook is written; the regime switches on October 25, 2027 |
| US | 🇺🇸United States | Americas | ▶Partial | One federal statute in force, a second stalled in the Senate, and the agencies writing the rulebook themselves |
| VN | 🇻🇳Vietnam | Asia-Pacific | ◆In transition | First legal recognition, and a five-year market pilot |
How the grades work
▲ Comprehensive. A dedicated licensing framework for crypto activity is in force.
▶ Partial. Some activities are regulated under crypto-specific or adapted rules; major gaps remain.
◆ In transition. A framework has been enacted or drafted but is not yet fully in force.
▼ Restrictive. Significant activity is prohibited or channelled through narrow carve-outs.
✕ Prohibited. Core crypto activity such as trading or issuance is banned.
– No dedicated regime. No crypto-specific framework; general law applies.